Managing Editor

The Ark; Little Reed Heights (CA); Hybrid; USD 68,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Kaiser medical & vision

Humana dental

SIMPLE IRA 3% match

2 weeks paid vacation

Winter-holiday office closure (~16-day

Nine holidays per year

Nine accruable sick days

Job summary

The Ark, a nationally award-winning community weekly just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, seeks an experienced print journalist to run our newsroom day to day. You’ll set assignments, manage our two-reporter team plus freelancers, and own the editorial calendar, sharing editing with the executive editor.

This role requires at least five years in print, editor experience, and strong copy editing with AP Stylebook. The position is hybrid with Tuesdays and Wednesdays in Tiburon and remote Mondays.

Qualifications

• At least five years of experience in print newspapers.
• Experience as an editor preferred.
• Familiarity with government boards/meetings a plus.
• AP Stylebook proficiency; copy files should be clean.
• Management experience welcome; senior reporters considered.

Responsibilities

• Set assignments and weekly budget for the newsroom.
• Manage two reporters plus freelancers; supervise the team.
• Own the editorial calendar and three special sections; share editing with the executive editor.
• Guide and develop stories with reporters; select enterprise reporting.
• Write briefs and assist on various assigned tasks as needed.

Skills

Newsroom leadership

Budget management

AP Stylebook

Editing under deadline

Government reporting

Job description

The Ark, a nationally award-winning community weekly just north of the Golden Gate Bridge, is seeking an experienced print journalist to run our newsroom day to day. You’ll set assignments and the weekly budget, manage our two-reporter team plus freelancers, run the editorial meeting and own the editorial calendar and our three special sections, sharing the editing with the executive editor. The Ark is owned by its publisher and its executive editor.

You’ll work with reporters to guide and develop stories, and you’ll choose your own enterprise reporting. The job carries no routine beat, but everyone here writes — briefs, breaking news and whatever the week demands, alongside your own work. Our print-first paper is committed to the romantic vision of the journalism you went to school for, and that getting it right is better than getting it first.

You should have at least five years at print newspapers, preferably including experience as an editor and in covering government boards and meetings. You're an ace copy editor whose bible is the AP Stylebook, and your own copy files clean. Familiarity with the California Public Records Act and the Brown Act is an advantage. Management experience is welcome, and we’ll also consider a senior reporter ready to step up. The job requires occasional evening and rare weekend work. This is a hybrid role, with Tuesdays and Wednesdays in our downtown Tiburon office. Mondays are remote production days.

Candidates should reside within 30 minutes of our office or be willing to relocate; we cannot pay relocation expenses.

We are an extremely small operation that’s now short-staffed so, if we are interested, we’ll contact you as soon as possible.

• Salary is $75,000 annually, exempt.
• Fully paid Kaiser Permanente medical and vision and Humana dental.
• Fidelity SIMPLE IRA with 3% company match.
• Two weeks accruable paid vacation days per year.
• ~16-day PTO winter-holiday office closure, pre-Christmas to post-New Year’s Day, aligning with school district.
• Nine additional paid holidays per year.
• Nine accruable sick days per year.

The Ark — named the nation’s best small community newspaper for 2026 by the National Newspaper Association and a second-place general-excellence finisher in this year’s California Journalism Awards, first among print newspapers in its division — is an independent, locally owned weekly serving the San Francisco Bay Area’s Southern Marin communities of Tiburon, Belvedere and Strawberry.